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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">We can&#39;t forget 1989, want cooperation from all political parties on improving situation in Kashmir:HM Rajnath Singh</p>
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<p>Union minister Rajnath Singh, while addressing in Jammu recalled what happened in the state during 1989. He has asked&nbsp;all political parties to cooperate in order to improve the situation in Kashmir.&nbsp;</p>

<p>1989 saw the increase of militancy and bomb blasts in the valley which further led to the infamous exodus of Kashmir Pandits.</p>

<p>The union minister also appreciated&nbsp;the Indian security forces saying that they are giving a befitting reply to Pakistan&#39;s ceasefire violations.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Our security forces are giving Pakistan&#39;s ceasefire violations a befitting reply: HM Rajnath Singh in Jammu <a href="https://t.co/EdW5cJIjUK">pic.twitter.com/EdW5cJIjUK</a></p>
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<p>He indicated on constituting an expert group to solve problems faced by people living in border areas, also assuring that actions will be taken against illegal migrants.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Decided to constitute an expert group to study problems facing people living in border areas: HM Rajnath Singh</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="hi">Illegal migrants ke baare mein bhi hum vichaar kar rahe hain, kuch karyavahi toh ki jayegi: HM Rajnath Singh in Jammu</p>
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<p>&nbsp;Home Minister said that the centre has diverted 1080 crores to provide 3000 jobs to Kashmiri migrants.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Centre has decided to give 3000 jobs to migrants from Kashmir valley. Rs 1080 crores sanctioned to the state under this: HM Rajnath Singh <a href="https://t.co/8G16adxLi2">pic.twitter.com/8G16adxLi2</a></p>
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<p>&nbsp;While also allocating Rs 2000 crores for rehabilitation of migrants from Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK).</p>

<p>The union minister added that they have adopted a humane approach to support migrants and displaced people, however, they strongly disapproved illegal migrants.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Adopted a humane approach towards migrants and displaced people. But we are strongly against illegal immigration: HM Rajnath Singh</p>
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Union minister Rajnath Singh, while addressing in Jammu recalled what happened in the state during 1989

We can't forget 1989, want cooperation from all political parties on improving situation in Kashmir:HM Rajnath Singh — ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2017 × Union minister Rajnath Singh, while addressing in Jammu recalled what happened in the state during 1989. He has asked all political parties to cooperate in order to improve the situation in Kashmir. 1989 saw the increase of militancy and bomb blasts in the valley which further led to the infamous exodus of Kashmir Pandits. The union minister also appreciated the Indian security forces saying that they are giving a befitting reply to Pakistan's ceasefire violations. Our security forces are giving Pakistan's ceasefire violations a befitting reply: HM Rajnath Singh in Jammu pic.twitter.com/EdW5cJIjUK — ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2017 × He indicated on constituting an expert group to solve problems faced by people living in border areas, also assuring that actions will be taken against illegal migrants. Decided to constitute an expert group to study problems facing people living in border areas: HM Rajnath Singh — ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2017 × Illegal migrants ke baare mein bhi hum vichaar kar rahe hain, kuch karyavahi toh ki jayegi: HM Rajnath Singh in Jammu — ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2017 × Home Minister said that the centre has diverted 1080 crores to provide 3000 jobs to Kashmiri migrants. Centre has decided to give 3000 jobs to migrants from Kashmir valley. Rs 1080 crores sanctioned to the state under this: HM Rajnath Singh pic.twitter.com/8G16adxLi2 — ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2017 × While also allocating Rs 2000 crores for rehabilitation of migrants from Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK). The union minister added that they have adopted a humane approach to support migrants and displaced people, however, they strongly disapproved illegal migrants. Govt has also allocated a package of Rs 2000 crores for rehabilitation of POJK migrants. The disbursal has been linked to AADHAR: HM — ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2017 × Adopted a humane approach towards migrants and displaced people. But we are strongly against illegal immigration: HM Rajnath Singh — ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2017 ×

All political parties need to cooperate for improving situation in J&K : Rajnath Singh

<p>PLEASE DONT EDIT. REQUIRES REWORK. -- ANU<br />
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The&nbsp;protests that have followed&nbsp;the killing of&nbsp;Burhan Muzaffar Wani&nbsp;seem to be unprecedented. A&nbsp;look at his life,&nbsp;his&nbsp;stint with the Hizbul Mujahideen as the commander of the militant group,&nbsp;explains&nbsp;why the 22-year-old had such a huge following in a just&nbsp;seven years of&nbsp;being one.<br />
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Burhan, referred to as the face of new-age militancy in Kashmir, became a household name after he, unlike his older counterparts,&nbsp;shed his mask of anonymity to encourage youngsters to join his cause,&nbsp;especially through social media.<br />
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Burhan&nbsp;was heading a pro-Pakistan militant outfit, Hizbul Mujahideen, which has been&nbsp;active since the early 90s in the valley of Indian Kashmir. Senior intelligence officials say that he&nbsp;had joined the banned outfit at the age of 15 after he, along with his elder brother Khalid Wani, were beaten up by government forces in his native village.<br />
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&ldquo;He remained mostly inactive during his early years in the militancy, but gained prominence soon after his brother was killed earlier in April last year,&rdquo; a police official posted in Tral said.<br />
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The death of his brother, according to the police official, elevated Burhan in the eyes of those who were already following him.<br />
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Burhan&rsquo;s elder brother, Khalid, was killed in&nbsp;an encounter when he&nbsp;had gone to meet his younger brother in a nearby forest to give him food, said locals of Tral, a town in Jammu and Kashmir. His body bore visible marks of torture. &nbsp;<br />
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Khalid&#39;s death led to speculations that Burhan&#39;s stand on militancy would soften&nbsp;and would even prompt him to surrender.&nbsp;But they&nbsp;were proven wrong when Khalid&rsquo;s funeral ceremony became a battle-ground. In fact, if anything, intelligence officials said&nbsp;that Khalid&rsquo;s funeral had signalled what was to come if Burhan was to be killed.<br />
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During the funeral rites of Khalid, clashes between mourners, police and paramilitary forces ensued. Amid the demonstration against Khalid&rsquo;s killing, another local man, Sabzar Ahmad, led the protesters near the funeral prayer site close to Burhan&rsquo;s home. The following day Sabzar and another youth, Shakir Ahmad, left home&nbsp;to join Burhan&rsquo;s militant group.<br />
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Son of a retired school headmaster, Burhan, was active on the social media. A&nbsp;month after&nbsp;his brother was killed, Burhan posted a group photo of his along with Sabzar and 10 others in military fatigues which showed them&nbsp;carrying AK series weapons.&nbsp;<br />
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Over the next few months, Burhan and his group posted a series of photos and videos which only made him more popular. As a result, many more began to join the&nbsp;Hizb ranks in the coming months. Despite the police and security forces calling him a &lsquo;poster-boy&#39; who&nbsp;had no involvement in any militant activity on the ground, his popularity grew by folds&nbsp;whenever&nbsp;he posed for a picture.<br />
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Burhan&rsquo;s group of homegrown militants included a policeman-turned-militant Naseer Pandit, who had decamped with service rifles while he was a state government minister&rsquo;s guard.<br />
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&ldquo;Burhan&rsquo;s image on the&nbsp;social media led to more&nbsp;local recruitments. Burhan&nbsp;revived interest in the idea of violence by speaking about it in some of his videos,&rdquo; a senior security official said.</p>

<p>His activities earned him a top spot in the list of most wanted militants in Kashmir as the state also announced a&nbsp;bounty of 1 million Rupees&nbsp;on his head.</p>

<p>In a video message, circulated widely earlier last month, Burhan ruled out any attack on annual Amarnath Yatra pilgrims but openly challenged &lsquo;men in uniform&rsquo; to be ready for a surprise attack anytime.</p>

<p>&ldquo;We have nothing against the Hindu pilgrims as they are here (Kashmir) to carry out their religious duty but Indian army and all those who are a part of Indian police and military will be our target,&rdquo; Burhan had said in the video.</p>

<p>While his talk on&nbsp;safety of Amarnath Yatri&rsquo;s and &lsquo;advices&rsquo; to Jammu and Kashmir&nbsp;police did not seem to be an issue with security agencies, it was his call to rebellion against the state that had begun to threaten its security.</p>

<p>Burhan had surfaced in another video&nbsp;about a week before he was killed on Friday. The video featured him playing cricket in an undisclosed location with his associates.</p>

<p>In less than a year since the militants posed for the group photograph, the police had killed most of Burhan&rsquo;s associates.<br />
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&ldquo;And, after Burhan&rsquo;s killing, less than three militants including Sabzar are left from the original band of militants,&rdquo; the official informed. &nbsp;</p>


'Burhan?revived interest in the idea of violence by speaking about it in some of his videos,' a senior security official said

PLEASE DONT EDIT. REQUIRES REWORK. -- ANU The protests that have followed the killing of Burhan Muzaffar Wani seem to be unprecedented. A look at his life, his stint with the Hizbul Mujahideen as the commander of the militant group, explains why the 22-year-old had such a huge following in a just seven years of being one. Burhan, referred to as the face of new-age militancy in Kashmir, became a household name after he, unlike his older counterparts, shed his mask of anonymity to encourage youngsters to join his cause, especially through social media. Burhan was heading a pro-Pakistan militant outfit, Hizbul Mujahideen, which has been active since the early 90s in the valley of Indian Kashmir. Senior intelligence officials say that he had joined the banned outfit at the age of 15 after he, along with his elder brother Khalid Wani, were beaten up by government forces in his native village. “He remained mostly inactive during his early years in the militancy, but gained prominence soon after his brother was killed earlier in April last year,” a police official posted in Tral said. The death of his brother, according to the police official, elevated Burhan in the eyes of those who were already following him. Burhan’s elder brother, Khalid, was killed in an encounter when he had gone to meet his younger brother in a nearby forest to give him food, said locals of Tral, a town in Jammu and Kashmir. His body bore visible marks of torture. Khalid's death led to speculations that Burhan's stand on militancy would soften and would even prompt him to surrender. But they were proven wrong when Khalid’s funeral ceremony became a battle-ground. In fact, if anything, intelligence officials said that Khalid’s funeral had signalled what was to come if Burhan was to be killed. During the funeral rites of Khalid, clashes between mourners, police and paramilitary forces ensued. Amid the demonstration against Khalid’s killing, another local man, Sabzar Ahmad, led the protesters near the funeral prayer site close to Burhan’s home. The following day Sabzar and another youth, Shakir Ahmad, left home to join Burhan’s militant group. Son of a retired school headmaster, Burhan, was active on the social media. A month after his brother was killed, Burhan posted a group photo of his along with Sabzar and 10 others in military fatigues which showed them carrying AK series weapons. Over the next few months, Burhan and his group posted a series of photos and videos which only made him more popular. As a result, many more began to join the Hizb ranks in the coming months. Despite the police and security forces calling him a ‘poster-boy' who had no involvement in any militant activity on the ground, his popularity grew by folds whenever he posed for a picture. Burhan’s group of homegrown militants included a policeman-turned-militant Naseer Pandit, who had decamped with service rifles while he was a state government minister’s guard. “Burhan’s image on the social media led to more local recruitments. Burhan revived interest in the idea of violence by speaking about it in some of his videos,” a senior security official said. His activities earned him a top spot in the list of most wanted militants in Kashmir as the state also announced a bounty of 1 million Rupees on his head. In a video message, circulated widely earlier last month, Burhan ruled out any attack on annual Amarnath Yatra pilgrims but openly challenged ‘men in uniform’ to be ready for a surprise attack anytime. “We have nothing against the Hindu pilgrims as they are here (Kashmir) to carry out their religious duty but Indian army and all those who are a part of Indian police and military will be our target,” Burhan had said in the video. While his talk on safety of Amarnath Yatri’s and ‘advices’ to Jammu and Kashmir police did not seem to be an issue with security agencies, it was his call to rebellion against the state that had begun to threaten its security. Burhan had surfaced in another video about a week before he was killed on Friday. The video featured him playing cricket in an undisclosed location with his associates. In less than a year since the militants posed for the group photograph, the police had killed most of Burhan’s associates. “And, after Burhan’s killing, less than three militants including Sabzar are left from the original band of militants,” the official informed.

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